The Penn's Grove record., 1887-04-16

injured, and all the drums were
smashed, No arrests we're made.
"A riot occurred in Denver, Colo
RADIO, on the evening of the 10th. be-
tween Swedish, Polish and Hungarian
colonies, growing out of an encounter
between drunken parties. One man
was fatally shot and several others
were dangerously wounded. Nearly
thirty arrests were made.
The charter election in Trenton,
New Jersey, was held on the 18th.
Frank A. Mcgowan, Republican, was
elected Mayor by 200 majority, being
the first Republican elected Mayor for
over 25 years. The Republicans also
elected the School superintendent, six
out of seven Aldermen, five out of
seven Trustees, three out of FIVE Lii
cense Commissioners, and all the Free
holders.
At Ripley, Mississippi, on the 11tb,
an armed mob of twenty-five men
stormed the jail and shot dead Bud"
Williamson, charged with having com
mittted a murder a year ago. James
Christian, a wealthy cattleman of
Idaho, on the 10th arrested a man
named Hodge, charged with stealing
cattle. While ON the way to Tishomingo
with the prisoner, Christian and a
companion were shot from ambush
and instantly killed. The prisoner
remained with the murdered men until
assistance arrived, and, 1t is said, he
has given the authorities the names of
the assassins. Edward Flanagan, re-
Gently shot by DR.. Albrecht, in a
gaming house in Boston, died on the
18th. 1t will be remembered that
Albrecht, according to his own story,
was being feeced by Lanahan and
Flanagan, and while ~endeavoring to
recover his money was assaulted by the
gamblers, whereupon he shot them
both in self defence. Lanahan was
shot dead,
Governor Hill, of New York, on
the evening of the 18th. sent to the
Assembly a veto of the Crosby High
License bill. He objects to the bill
that it is special legislation, in that 1t
applies to only two cltl7s of the State
New York and Brooklyn-and that
its forfeiture clause IS clearly uncon
stitutlonal,
n III dJ ~. uobllO3 lD1lAd,
which started at a quarter past three
O'Clock on the morning of the 18th,
destroyed the st. Augustine Hotel,
the Edwards House, the Cottage, the
Planters House, the First National
Bank, the old Spanish Cathedral, the
Sinclair block, the old County Court
House, and two smaller buildings.
The total loss Is estimated at $3.50, 000,
on which the assurances are less than
$23, 900. The loss on the st. Angus
tine Hotel is $50 900, on which the
insurance had just expired. A servant,
named Bridget Barry, persisted in the
hotel. The old cathedral was an in
teresting landmark of the city. 1t
was built in 1893. The house of a
colored man near Greenville, Alabama,
WIS burned on the evening of the 18th,
during the mans absence, and his five
children persisted in the flames.
Edwin B. Rush, pupil In a normal
school, at Potsdam, New York, COM
mitted suicide on the morning of the
18th, by shooting himself III the head.
No cause is assigned. Mrs. b. p.
SonnedeckeT, four weeks married to a
wealthy farmer, hanged herself near
Wooster, Ohio, on the 18th, because
OF Inconsistencies"
An express train on the P%lttsburg,
Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad
struck a shifting engine at Allegheny
City on the evening of the 1lth. Both
engines were badly damaged and the
engineer, George Hood, and the fire.
man, Sweeney, of the express were
| severely Injured. At 3 O'Clock on the
morning of the 18th, a freight train on
the Chicago, Milwaukee and st. Paul
Railroad was derailed neal Roselle, in
conseq lence of a railroad tic having
| been placed arcoss the track. The en-
| CINE and four cara were wrecked and a
brakeman was severely injured.
The foods in the Mohawk Valley
continue, and travel on the New York
| Central and Hudson River Railroad is
still interfered with.
The local election in Bordentown,
New Jersey, on the 11th, resulted in
the election of John .. Hudson, Demo-
cIat, for Mayor. Charles Brown, Re-
publican, was elected Councilman over
the Democratic candidate in the Second
Ward, making the Council stand,
Democrats, 3; Republicans. 4. The
local election in New Brunswick, New
Jersey, on the 18th, was carried by the
Democrats.
The prairie fire in Kansas, which
| started in Graham county, has swept
northward into Norton county making
a path from p to Z miles wide, "a
great roaring sea of fame rolling in
tremendous sheets under the impetus
Of the high wind which prevailed dur
ing the day and night of the 9th"
Thousands of cattle, thousands of tons
of produce and over 100 houses and
barns have been consumed, and, 1t IS
said. fifteen human beings have per-
ished. AT last accounts the ire was
sweeping northwest, in the direction
of Decatur county. The losses by the
prairie fires neal Sioux Falls, Dakota,
are estimated at 500, 000.
David Matter, IL years of age, was
shot dead by his brother Charles, aged
10, at Lock Haven, Penna., on the
18th. The boys were ''plaYlng with
revolvers which it is supposed were not
loaded"